Combined Conventional Speech Therapy and Functional Electrical Stimulation in Dysphagia Following Stroke

"Functional electrical stimulation device obeying the following steps:~Muscle heating - 2 min, 10 Hz, 250 μm; Potentiation of muscle fibers type I - 8 min, 30 Hz, 250 μm; Potentiation of muscle fibers type II - 8 min, 80 Hz, 300 μm; Toning - 8 min, 30 Hz, 300 μm; Muscle Relaxation - 4 min, 5 Hz, 200 μm One channel of electrodes will be placed in the submental region and the other in the thyroid. Treatment should be started at minimum levels of intensity, increasing carefully until appropriate effects are achieved in the procedure"

Conventional speech therapy with laryngeal elevation exercises, stimulation of oral reflexes such as swallowing reflex, tongue movements, lips and cheeks, gustatory therapy